Track Set for Razorback Invitational

Track & Field 1/22/2009 12:00:00 AM

Jan. 22, 2009

WACO, Texas -

BAYLOR TRACK AND FIELD SET FOR RAZORBACK INVITATIONAL
The Baylor men's and women's track and field teams are set to travel to Fayetteville, Ark. for the Razorback Invitational on Friday and Saturday, January 16-17 at the Randal Tyson Track Center. The Bears are making their only trip to Fayetteville this season, after Baylor visited Arkansas for five meets last season. Baylor will return to Fayetteville during the outdoor season for the Arkansas Twilight meet on May 1. Live results for the Razorback Invitational can be found at ArkansasRazorbacks.com. Complete meet recaps can be found at the end of each day at BaylorBears.com.

LAST YEAR AT THE RAZORBACK INVITATIONAL
Lauren Hagans set a school record in the mile and Quentin Iglehart-Summers led Baylor to two event victories on the second day at the Razorback Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Center. Overall, Baylor recorded seven provisional qualifying times and tallied six event victories on the weekend. Hagans ran 4:41.67 in the women's mile championship to set a provisional qualifying time and break the school record by two seconds. Natalie Nalepa set the previous Baylor standard of 4:43.31 at the 1991 Southwest Conference Championships. Nichole Jones also provisionally qualified with a time of 4:45.73 to finish in third place. Jones' time ranks as the third-fastest in school history. For the second-straight meet, Iglehart-Summers was the top collegiate finisher in the men's 400 meters. The junior All-American set a nation-leading time of 46.77 to finish third overall. The men's 4x400-meter relay lowered its nation-leading time to 3:09.49. Trey Harts led off for the Bears with a 47.6 split and handed off in second place. J.T. Scheuerman split 48.0 and passed to Justin Boyd still in second place. Boyd got out quickly and overtook the leaders, splitting 47.0. Iglehart-Summers split 46.5 and held off LSU, Oral Roberts and Texas A&M to win.

LAST TIME OUT
Thaddeus Gordon and Tiffany Townsend set school records and the Baylor track and field teams combined for 10 event victories on the second day of competition at the Wes Kittley Invitational at the Athletic Training Center. Gordon recorded a mark of 15.13 meters (49-07 ¾) on his fifth jump to break the Baylor school record. The previous record of 48-03 was set by Charles Powell in Norman, Okla. in 1984. Townsend sprinted to a time of 23.48 to win the women's 200 meters in a new school-record time. The old record of 23.51 was set by Kandace Tucker in Lincoln, Neb. at the 2006 Big 12 Indoor Championships. Diamond Richardson won the women's 400 meters with a time of 54.83 in her first collegiate race. Katrina Taylor finished second in 55.63. Jodi Hulett, a transfer from UT Arlington running her first indoor race for Baylor, won the women's mile with a personal-best time of 5:06.81. The Lady Bears also won the women's 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:41.10, just missing an NCAA provisional mark. Whitney Prevost earned wins in the 55 meters and 200 meters. He tallied an NCAA provisional time of 21.20 in the 200 meters, while clocking 6.24 in the 55 meters, just missing a provisional mark following the .02-second altitude adjustment. The men's 4x400-meter relay took first place to extend its winning streak to 30 straight races. The Bears have not lost a race to a collegiate team since the event finals at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

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